insertsnarkyusername:Mead is nice but I prefer it blended with some sort of fruit wine. That's what I'd really like to see, you can't buy a decent fruit wine barely anywhere and I live in the land of hipsters.

Bargetto Winery out of Monterey/Santa Cruz mountains has some good fruit wines. I don't think there's a problem with shipping to your state if your profile is current. I'm also a big fan of the reds they produce.

insertsnarkyusername:Mead is nice but I prefer it blended with some sort of fruit wine. That's what I'd really like to see, you can't buy a decent fruit wine barely anywhere and I live in the land of hipsters.

In the US, apparently, rhubarb is legally a fruit, so I can in good conscience say that you should go buy some of Prairie Berry's rhubarb wine. That stuff was probably the best purchase I made on my way through South Dakota (though the tickets to see the Badlands, Mt Rushmore and Crazy Horse were all worth it).

Well shiat. I decided to try making mead this year, got nearly all the equipment assembled, and now I find out mead-making has gone hipster? This is really not helping my non-hipster cred. At least I don't wear those stupid black-rimmed glasses that I want to rip off the face of every cute chick I see.

We have an entire bar in SE Portland that is nothing but hard cider. They make their own and have a decent tap selection. Best bottle selection I've veg seen anywhere though. Bushwhacker - if you're in Portland and want amazing cider, it's a must. I wasn't big into cider until I moved to the PNW. Too sweet corporate mass produced shiat wasn't for me. Our cider up here though is epic, high gravity, dry, scrumpy, and eveyprythung in between. Hell we have dry hopped ciders that are epic. Two Towns Cidery out of Salem OR is well worth checking out if you're up here. The Bad Apple at 11% is no joke and is delicious and the Brightcider is on draft at many places in town.

I always thought cider was a girls drink, turns out it's amazing and perfect for crippling alcoholics like me.

I leaned that for some reason strip clubs in Portland have different areas for 18-21 year old dancers, and 21+. They have to be segregated for some odd reason. But everyone who worked there was topless. Good times. And the place I think was called El Diablo, but the receipt said Casa Dia Mexican restaurant. Nice touch. I also learned I won't wait in a line for donuts, no matter how good you say they are. The tram system was convenient. Enjoyable place.

Darn this is depressing. The local great place "Sprechers" has just started doing a mead blend. They used to be above the curve for interesting things, their being behind only allows for quality, good stuff, etc. hopefully they rise above the curve for the "pretentious" and keep doing awesome brew. (Yes, joking).